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It is necessary to go back to tlie year 1880 and previous years to find 

 tlie time when Victorian gross exports exceeded those of New South 

 Wales; but the Victorian imports exceeded those of this Colony as late 

 as the year 1889, although in 1894 the New South Wales shipments 

 showed an excess valued at £3,331,342. But this is not a fair statement 

 of the relative importance of the trade of these colonies. For instance, 

 in 1894, New South Wales wool was exported, via, Melbourne, to the 

 value of £2,030,645, and thus to this extent swelled both the imports 

 and exports of Victoria, while a further £488,115 worth went by way 

 of South Australia, to be dealt with in like manner by that colony. 

 The South Australian returns were also swollen by £562,966 of New 

 South Wales imports, and by £2,510,542 of New South Wales 

 exports in and out of Broken Hill ; and upon making due allowances 

 for these movements in through trade, a very material difference is 

 disclosed. This may be judged from the following comparison : — • 



Exports in 1894 — Distinguishing Home Produce and Re-Exports. 



* Including- New South Wales produce, as above. 



This, of itself, serves to indicate that the mother country and Europe 

 have already, in a considerable degree, selected Sydney as the entrepot 

 whence their manufactures may be best distributed throughout Aus- 

 tralasia ; and but for the recent depression in the import trade the 

 marked difference in the " produce of other countries " exported by 

 New South Wales would have been yet more striking. 



